Ugnė Žilytė was born in 1979 in Vilnius. In 1997 she graduated from the National M. K.
Čiurlionis School of Arts with a specialization in graphics. She studied printmaking at the
Vilnius Academy of Arts, receiving a Master’s degree in 2004. She teaches printmaking and
drawing at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts and worked for six years as the
designer of the cultural weekly Literatūra ir menas. She is a member of the Lithuanian
Artists’ Association and the Secret Drawing Society. Since 2001 she has participated in
exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad and is a laureate of printmaking and art competitions.
She created the print cycle The Creation of the World — a project realized in stone slabs in
2025 at St. Joseph’s Church in Vilnius. She has also designed bookplates, postage stamps,
illustrated books, and paints. Her primary artistic practice is the creation of print cycles using
intaglio techniques.